Acquisition
New fed incubator, OASIS on-ramps and NIST guidance
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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For fun and profit: Data entrepreneurs size up Recreation.gov RFP
Open-data advocates want to see developers build booking websites and apps to compete with the longtime vendor at Recreation.gov.
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The government shouldn't play matchmaker
A recent GAO report on government efforts to link small companies with prime contractors is fraught with risk.
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GAO: Contract systems falling short on small business pairings
Of the systems GAO studied, none was designed to connect small business subcontractors with prime contracts and none contains all the information needed to support that function.
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'Paying for Results' at a tipping point?
Steve Kelman showcases a new report that shows just how widespread outcome-oriented contracting has become.
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No more bids by telegram
Administration memo pushing 21st century procurement also takes aim at a 19th century submission method.
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Challenges and prizes: Procurement vehicle of the future?
How NASA and other agencies are using contests to bring better ideas into acquisition.
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Counting down to Dec. 11, DHS' Einstein award and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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Beyond FITARA: 8 ways the defense bill seeks to modernize Pentagon IT
The measure signals a certain impatience with the way the military is adapting -- or not adapting -- to new technological realities.
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Cyber justice, (ISC)2 shuffle and Nuix deal
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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FITARA included in compromise defense measure
Negotiators on the defense authorization bill included provisions from the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act in what they hope is the final version of the legislation.
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What agencies want to hear when buying IT
A new study helps vendors understand what messages resonate (and tells feds how their peers prefer to be pitched).
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Emily 'Millie' Maksymiuk
This self-taught proposal manager has led teams whose winning proposals have resulted in nearly $16 million in contracts for GovSmart.
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Cristen Cole
This GSA Rising Star single-handedly provided program management for the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation portfolio in its first year.
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Shawn Garrow
This Rising Star has been involved in the Navy's biggest IT projects in recent years, including the Next Generation Enterprise Network.
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Nina Malakouti
This Rising Star nailed down two of the General Services Administration's biggest Schedule 70 contracts in 2013.
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GSA works on CAP
"With IT, we will never be done categorizing," said Kevin Youel Page of the Federal Acquisition Service.
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Hagel outlines DOD 'innovation initiative'
Invoking the ascendance of Russia and China, and the leveling of the technological playing field, the defense secretary calls for smarter R&D in tight fiscal times.
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A bold approach to transforming IT acquisition
Without a future vision and an appetite for risk, reforms lead down a rabbit hole. There is a better way.
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